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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES R. FINLEY, OF DELPHI, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO WM. F. LYTLE AND ISAAC DREIFUS, OF SAME PLACE.

NECK-YOKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,440, dated May 2, 1882.

Application tiled February 18, 1882.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES It. FINLEY, o Delphi, in the county of Carroll and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful 5 Improvementsin Neck-Yokes; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form 1o part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective. Fig. 2 is acrosssection.

The object I have in view is to provide a simple and effective method of securing the 15 tongue-supporting ring to a neck-yoke, and to these ends my invention consists in the combination, with a neck-yoke and its rings, of a metal plate formed or cast with retaining lugs, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth 2o and specifically claimed. 1

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use 1nyinvention,Iwillnow proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A represents the neck-yoke, and B a metal 2 5 plate properly secured at the center' and upper side thereof. The plate B is cast with two pairs of lugs, e c c', at a suitable distance apart and substantially as shown in the drawings. Between each pair of these lugs is anar 3o row space for receiving the rings C G and ad- Initting of their free play, but in which they are conned and prevented from lateral movement by means of said lugs. lt will be observed that the plate B is alsocast with wings 3 5 a a, which, by grasping the neck-yoke, the

plate is more securely held in position.

D indicates a metal plate' bolted or otherwise suitably secured to the neck-yoke, upon the opposite or under side thereof, which both (No nlodcl.)

strengthens it and prevents rapid wear,which 4o would occur by reason of the rings (l O constantly rubbing against it. These rings are formed with eyes d d, through which the supporting-ring E passes loosely. I would observe that the rings G C are properly adjusted 4 5 in their p1aces--i.c., between the lugs e e and c. e before the plate B is secured to the neckyoke, after which they cannot become displaced.

I am fully aware that rings have been se- 5o cured to neck-yokes simply by a metal strap passing over them; but the practical difliculties attending this method ot' fastening arc the ones I desire to obviate. It will be seen that my rings do not come in contact with the 55 wood of the neck-yoke either at top or bottom, and being confined by means of lugs with no upper covering there will be no possibility of loosening the plate by upward pressure.

Having thus fully described my invention, 6o what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a neck-yoke and its rings, of the metal plate B, cast or formed with lugs adapted to receive and hold said 65 rings, substantially as herein set forth.

2. rEhe metal plate B, having lugs c c e e' and wings a a, in combination with rings O C and E aud yoke A, all constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose 7o described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES It. FINLEY.

Witnesses:

IKE DEEIFUS, HENRY KIssLiNG. 

